My Interesting Encounter With Big Love and Pretty In Pink Star Harry Dean Stanton! Autographs and More!

I know I like a lot of… Let’s just say… Off the beaten path actors. I love Martin Mull, Shelley Long, etc… And it can be challenging to get someone to go with me, cause let’s face it not everyone is Angelina Jolie. Today is one such example. I’ve been a fan of character actor Harry Dean Stanton since… I saw him in Alien… Then of course came Pretty In Pink… and most recently Big Love.

Today, Harry Dean Stanton is doing a rare Q and A with director Wim Wenders for a film I keep hearing is amazing but I have yet to see Paris, Texas. So, armed with my memorabilia I’m off!

7:01 p.m. – The screening starts at 7:30 so I know I’m early, but I learned my lesson from back when Shelley Long was at this venue doing a Q and A… Get there early! Lol… So, I am…

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7:04 p.m. – Oh, there’s Marilu Henner… Random.

7:05 p.m. – Mr. Harry Dean Stanton and director Wim Wenders are doing the Q and A along with Nastassja Kinski. I thought there would be at least a couple other fans or collectors here… nope, just me!

7:06 p.m. – Director Wim Wenders is like standing at the door greeting everyone as they walk inside… That’s pretty cool…

7:08 p.m. – There’s Owen Wilson! He’s going inside to watch the movie!

7:11 p.m. – Okay, So, I’m just chilling and watching the crowd… Marilu Henner is talking to Wim Wenders…

7:19 p.m. – I brought my Big Love promo poster, and my Pretty in Pink mini poster along with my Pretty In Pink rare counter standee… I already have Annie Potts on it, so hopefully… Oh, and I brought my Aliens poster as well… but honestly I hate asking for a lot so I’ll be happy with two… or one… lol…

7:25 p.m. – Nastassja Kinski just got here… Wow, they are arriving early! I’m glad I decided to show up before the screening!

7:31 p.m. – Oh crap! There he is, Mr.Harry Dean Stanton! They are doing a group shot under the marquee.

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7:35 p.m. – Okay they’re done, Harry must have gone in the back or side cause I didn’t even see him. He’s in a conversation break and I walk up and politely ask if he would mind signing. Honestly, the man is 85 years old, and I wasn’t sure how nice he would be…

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Harry took the pen and searched for a second to find a place to sign the Big Love poster… He kept asking me where he should sign it, and I showed him like three different spots. Then he was going to sign on Bill Paxton’s forehead, so I said, “how about down below?” and motioned to where I had originally pointed… Harry seemed a tad confused but signed it.

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Then I showed him my Pretty in Pink counter standee and he was going to sign on the inside cardboard, and I was like.. how about here… pointing to a spot near Andrew McCarthey… Then Harry said, “Is that me?” I was…”Oh no sir, that’s Andrew McCarthey…” So, I started getting nervous… and I totally started tensing up…

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and then Harry was signing my Pretty In Pink poster and then said to me, “I’m getting tired of this.” So, with Harry written on the poster I was like, “it’s okay, you don’t have to sign it…” So, now I’m a nervous mess and flashing back to Pinky’s incident with Annie Potts where Pinky told Annie that quoting her lines from the movie back to her would be ridiculous and then started doing it anyway… I could feel beads of sweat forming on my back. Harry finished signing my poster and I thanked him…

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It was easy, but a little nerve racking… Only because I get nervous, lol… Ah well… I think he was getting frustrated because he was having a hard time seeing in the dark, but you know what. It’s done, and I’m happy I got a few things signed from Harry, I mean he is a screen legend! Hopefully, I will be able to see him again and get the Alien poster done, but all in all it was a nice day!

Until next time kids…

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